Dancing doll.



No. 758,469. PATENTED APR. 26, 1904.

Y. F. PINNIGK.

DANCING .DOLL.

APPLIOATION.IILED o0'r. 2a, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

Patented April 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

YOUNG F. PINNICK, OF HYMER, KANSAS.

DANCING DOVLL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 758,469, dated April 26, 1904.

Application filed October 28, 1903.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, YOUNG F. PINNIOK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hymer, in the county of Chase and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Dancing Dolls, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to an amusing toy comprisinga doll or figure which by suitable mechanical devices is'made to produce a representation of adance and by clever manipulation to execute the same in time with simple music.

The object of the invention is to produce an improved device of the kind stated, the novelty and advantagesof which will be more fully apparent from the following description and claim.

In the accompanying drawings, in which the toy is illustrated, Figure 1 is a perspective view, and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view.

The device embodies a jointed doll hanging by the head from an elastic support, with the feet in contact with a vibrating platform, the movement of which produces movements of the limbs of the doll in simulation to the natural movements of a dance. 7

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6indicates adoll or dummy, preferably the image of a girl, and having a short skirt 7 The limbs of the figure are jointed, as at 8, and

one of the arms may be in fancy connected to a lifted portion of the skirt.- The doll is hung by the head by wires 9 from the upper end of an elastic metallic hanger 10, the lower end of which is fixed to the top of a box 11, which contains the actuating mechanism; Said box is mounted upon a base or frame 12, containing the movable platform 13, which is pivoted between the sides of the base by a pin at 14 to vibrate vertically. The feet of the doll normally rest in light contact upon the front end of the platform, the other or rear end of which extends into the box 11, where it hasa block 15, capped by a piece of rubber 16 to Serial No. 178,846. (No model.)

deaden the noise of contact with the starwheel 17. This wheel is carried upon a small shaft 18', mounted in the box and adapted to be turned by a crank 19 on a projecting end thereof.

. The parts may be made of any suitable or desired material, leather being desirable for the star-wheel, as it avoids noise.

In operation when the star-wheel is turned its points strike and depress the block and cause corresponding vibration of the platform, which is so set upon its pivot that the outer end is slightly heavier than the inner end. The vibration of the platform is communicated to the figure, whose limbs and body' vibrate accordingly in simulation of a dance, which action is materially assisted by the elastic hanger. It will thus prove a source of amusement or pleasure, enhanced by the concealment of the actuating mechanism in the box.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim'as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A dancing toi consisting of a frame having a box on one end thereof, a platform pivoted V at an intermediate point to the frame and having one end extending into the box, the end of the platform extending into the box having a block raised therefrom, a shaft extending through the box and carrying a star-wheel to engage the upper end of the block, an elastic hanger secured to the top of the box and projecting upwardly therefrom over the platform. and a jointed figure suspended from the upper end of the elastic hanger, the lower extremities of the figure continually resting on the platform in advance of the pivotal point of the latter.

In testimony whereofI afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

YOUNG F. PINNICK.

Witnesses:

F. A. SMITH, J. A. OSMER. 

